Accelerate Science Now is led by SeedAI, a non-profit, nonpartisan organization working at the forefront of artificial intelligence policy and governance.
Accelerate Science Now is a non-partisan coalition of leaders in industry, academia, civil society, and the research community, charged with igniting a new era of rapid scientific discovery and delivering the benefits to the American people. ASN and its members will develop partnerships, conduct research, and educate policymakers and the public about opportunities to transform the scientific enterprise around the potential of AI and other game-changing technologies. ASN is a big-tent movement that is aligned and working in parallel with other major initiatives that focus on science acceleration. ASN will engage leaders in the public and private research ecosystem to learn from and build upon the effects of all aligned efforts.
“The United States is in a moment of tremendous scientific potential. AI and other game-changing technologies have made it possible to solve some of our hardest challenges,” said Austin Carson, Founder & CEO of SeedAI. “We must capture this opportunity and deliver the benefits to the American people. Doing so will require a grand national effort across the public and private sectors. If we succeed, we will unlock unprecedented advances to improve lives, strengthen our economy, and cement the U.S. as the global leader in scientific innovation.”
From ASN members:
“Our organization joins the ASN coalition because we recognize that society stands at a critical juncture; artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies have enormous promise to accelerate scientific innovation, but it will require transparency and collaboration to fully harness these benefits,” says Oliver Stephenson, Associate Director of AI and Emerging Technology Policy at the Federation of American Scientists.
"The University of Wisconsin–Madison is proud to support ASN, recognizing the importance of AI to dramatically accelerate research progress across a wide variety of scientific fields from climate modeling to neurobiology, shrinking the time and dollar cost of developing new therapeutics, and allowing for data analysis at a volume never before possible," says Dorota Brzezinska, vice chancellor for research at UW–Madison. "ASN's goals perfectly align with our own as we recently launched an AI initiative aimed at growing our AI faculty and expanding our AI-related research portfolio to not only leverage current AI tools, but to create the next generation of AI tools that bolsters innovation allowing the United States to remain competitive in a global research landscape."
“AI, advanced computing, and unprecedented volumes of scientific data are transforming how we innovate and stay ahead of international competition,” said Leland Cogliani and Sarah Walter, Co-Chairs of the Energy Sciences Coalition. “We look forward to working with our Accelerate Science Now partners to find opportunities to grow investments and accelerate the adoption of AI for science, energy, and national security applications. The Department of Energy Office of Science in particular has unique capabilities, such as the world’s fastest and highly energy efficient supercomputers, that need to be fully utilized to address the nation’s greatest challenges.”
“AI is reshaping science, not just by accelerating what we know, but by reimagining the process of discovery itself. However, these breakthroughs won’t reach their full potential without a deliberate effort to maximize and spread the benefits to all Americans—that’s why ASN’s mission is so important,” said Hodan Omaar, Senior Policy Manager for Center for Data Innovation.